China's grip on rare earths — vital for smartphones, EVs and military tech — has left the US, Europe and India vulnerable. Until global supplies increase, China wields great power over the critical technology sectors.

It is the first major antitrust action taken against the new wave of tech giants – Google, Amazon, Apple and Facebook – and is likely to be just the start in a series of legal challenges to their market power.

How does Google’s monopoly hurt you? Try these searches. Right under our noses, the Internet’s most-used website has been getting worse.

South Korea is potentially on its way to tweaking its Telecommunications Business Act to stop Apple and Google from taking a cut (30%) of in-app purchases after a bill was approved by a committee of its National Assembly.

US Senate to vote on stopping Big Tech extracting 'monopolist rent' from app developers